Basic Program and Masters Program Retreats

Here you find information about retreats in FPMT centers that offer students of the Basic Program the possibility to fullfill the three-month lam-rim retreat requirement. This Basic Program completion requirement can be fulfilled by doing three times one month of lam-rim retreat, or in longer stretches; one three-month retreat is recommended as the ideal way to integrate the study of the Basic Program subjects.

For Basic Program Online students the completion requirement is a one-month lam-rim retreat.

Masters Program Online students also have a one-month lam-rim retreat requirement; they can make use of the below offered options for fulfilling this MP Online completion requirement as well.

*Additions and corrections to your Basic Program retreat as listed here can be made by contacting Education Services .

Three-month retreats at the conclusion of their Basic Program will be offered by:

One-month retreats are offered as part of their Basic Program or Masters Program by:

Institut Vajra Yogini, Lavaur, France, 25 January – 22 February 2015this retreat iscompleted; dates for 2016 will be posted later. This yearly winter retreat offers BP students the opportunity to complete their 3 month lam-rim retreat requirement during their five years of Basic Program studyNalanda Monastery, France, July 26 – August 25 2015 with Ven. Dondrub (Neil Huston)One-month lam-rim retreats are offered as part of Nalanda’s Masters Program and Basic Program and will take place at regular intervals over the coming years; future dates will be announced

Kalachakra Retreat Center, France; 170 KM from Paris by direct train. 27 December 2015 – 23 January 2016arrival on the evening of the 26th; the retreat is set up with guided meditations during the first two weeks, students conduct their own meditations during the second half of the retreat . THIS RETREAT IS BILINGUAL (English speakers are welcome!)

Oselling, Sierra Nevada, Spain – dates for future retreats will be announcedChenrezig Institute, Eudlo, Queensland, retreats offered as part of the Basic Program starting Autumn 2014 – to be announcedIstituto Lama Tzong Khapa, Pomaia – forthcoming BP and MP retreats will be announced

De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre , Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is offering a discount rate of $A 125 per week for Basic Program and Masters Progam students who choose De-Tong Ling to do their BP or MP retreat. Cost of food and firewood (in winter) are not included

To facilitate fulfilling the one-month lam-rim retreat requirement for Basic Program and Masters Program Online students, FPMT Education Services now provides materials on the Online Learning Center: ONE-MONTH LAM-RIM RETREAT – Guidelines and Support Materials. The page is accessible upon request for individual students who have completed the review and final exam but can not attend a group retreat offered in a center, or prefer to do an individual retreat.

For individual three-month and one-year retreats in the context of Basic Program and Masters Program completion, a separate course, PREPARATION FOR LONG RETREAT – Guidelines and Support Materials, is planned to be provided in the FPMT Online Learning Center as well.